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Re:ECC matters by vvanders on Sunday January 03, 2021 @03:08PM (#25624775)
Yeah but can I get a metric ton of benchmarks at that 45w setpoint?

I don't really see the reason in paying for a 100w TDP premium if I'm just going to scale it down to 65w.

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Re:ECC matters by mlyle on Sunday January 03, 2021 @06:02PM (#25626109)
> Yeah but can I get a metric ton of benchmarks at that 45w setpoint?

Yup, they're out there.

> I don't really see the reason in paying for a 100w TDP premium if I'm just going to scale it down to 65w.

You might want the core count or peak performance for the very short term. When I was looking, running 65W parts in the 45W envelope was only about a 7% penalty, so you get a bunch more performance/watt.

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